Research Experience
Research Fellow in Global Health, Global Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, 2023/12-present
Research Analyst (intern) in Health Policy and Systems, Global Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, 2023/09-2023/12
Research Assistant (intern), Centre for Health Economics, Nottingham China Health Institute, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 2021/09-2022/06
Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals (# CO-FIRST AUTHOR)
Xu J, Li H, Cruz GT, Saito Y, Wu C. Exploring social determinants of disability among older filipinos: insights from a polysocial score approach. Global Health Research and Policy. 2025 Dec;10(1):1-2.
Li L, Xu J, Huang L, Tu X, Lin T, Yue J, Ge N, Wu C. The Synergy Between Life’s Es-sential 8 and Muscle Strength on Cardiovascular Disease Risk. Frontiers in Medicine. 2025 Oct 23; 12:1628066.
Xu J#, Wang Y#, Mak JK, Hoogendijk EO, Muniz-Terrera G, Wu C. Understanding Frailty Changes Surrounding Hip Fracture. The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2025 Oct 10:glaf226.
Fang J#, Xu J#, Zhou X, Wang Z, Guo X, Zhang Y, Jiang Y, Xu Y, Zhou X, Cust H, Correa A. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smoking in adolescents: a scoping review. BMC Public Health. 2025 Sep 29;25(1):3145.
Xu J, Wang Y, Muniz‐Terrera G, Xue QL, Wu C. Physical Resilience After Hip Fracture: Unpacking the Roles of Resistance and Recovery. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2025 Sep 10.
Xu J, Mak JK, Xue QL, Wu C. Mapping the Final Journey: End‐Of‐Life Frailty Trajectories and Cause of Death. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2025.
Luo J, Xiang Q, Lin T, Liang R, Dai Y, Jiang T, Xu J, Yue J, Wu C. Associations Between Total and Regional Fat-To-Muscle Mass Ratio and Osteoarthritis Incidence: A Prospective Cohort Study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2025 May 20.
Wu C, Wang Y, Tang J, Xu J, Mak JK, Xue QL. Development and Validation of Mortality Prediction Models among Frail Participants in the UK Biobank Study. The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2025 May 2:glaf096.
Xu J#, Liu J, Tang J, Liao J, Liu X, Odden MC, et al. Plasma proteomic signature of risk and prognosis of frailty in the UK Biobank. GeroScience. 2025 Apr;47(2):2365–81.
Yang X, Jia Y, Xu J, Zhou Q, Long Q, Yang Y, Liu Y, Zhu J, Zhang X. Navigating the implementation gap for Trastuzumab's journey from health insurance to patient access: a preliminary study in a hospital in China. Global Health Research and Policy. 2024 Nov 26;9(1):50.
Chen Z, Jiang W, Xu J, Jiang L, Wang G. Ethical, legal, and social implications of genomics in China: a scoping review and implications for precision public health. China CDC Weekly. 2022 Aug 12;4(32):706.
Referee Services
BMC Public Health, Archives of Public Health
Media Coverage
Duke Kunshan University Global Health Program (July 2025) — Being a Research Fellow at GHRC
SCIENMAG (October 2025) — Unraveling Disability Drivers in Older Filipinos.
FirstWord Pharma (October 2025) — Understanding Frailty Changes Surrounding Hip Fracture.